Grrl Power #943 – Frixkrieg
To get the full impact of this page, you really have to imagine panels 3 and 9 happening in extreme slow motion. Panel 9 especially, because Maxima used super speed to whip around to see what was happening, so she caught sight of Frix at about 10,000 frames per second, in slow motion camera terms.
Drawing wet fur is a pain in butt, in case you were wondering. And yes, I know, Frix’s fur is at once both short enough to reveal his underlying musculature, and fluffy enough for Sydney’s face to sink into several inches. It’s space-fur, what do you want me to tell you?
The new vote incentive is up! Some of you got sort of invested in Lapha and Garamm, so her she is testing out her new duds. I don’t know if or when they’ll show up in the comic again, (probably more a question of ‘when’) but we’ll have to see if she got any other options besides the tail. Personally I’d go for retractable, venomous fangs, but presumably if you get those, you also have to get a special upgraded pancreas or liver or something, in case you accidentally bite the inside of your own cheek with your fang.
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Add another thing super speed doesn’t account for lol.
Super dodging speed only works if there’s clear space to dodge into!
…I mean, if she REALLY wanted to, Max could pull a Dante and use her super speed to boil away each individual droplet that came her way with surgically-precise finger beams. prooooooolly not worth the effort though.
Good training exercise though if she’s ever up against another speedster in a spray of water.
Better to just wave her arms in a circle real fast like a giant fan. Doctor Octopus does it, I’m sure she could too.
Everyone but Kenya and Syndey is wearing swimwear.
Maxima also wears a fischermans hat.
Nobody cares about a bit of water.
I like the Leloo resurrection scene outfit that Lapha is wearing in the vote incentive
I like how the description of the vote incentive in the author blurb changed from yesterday’s to today’s .
I know Kenya is tall, but… Maxima isn’t munchkin sized, the perspective in panels 5-8 sure makes it look like she is.
I think Max is in the water, Kenya is on the deck.
No, Max is behind Sydney, who is facing Frix, who just came out of the water. All of them are on the deck.
You realise that that is just her hand, not her head, right?
Yeah, there’s no defending it, that perspective is wonky. Maxima looks way shorter than she ought to in this whole page.
I’m telling myself Max’s arm is bent and she’s pointing with just her forearm from the waist, not the entire arm from the shoulder, which helps. But yeah, even then it’s a bit odd. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What one strike gets you on the list? That sucks Sydney.
We’ve just seen the strike that put him on the list, we don’t know how many prior warning’s he’s had off-screen.
We also don’t know how long people or things stay on the List.
We also don’t know which end of the List he just got put on. ;)
I wonder if Frix is ticklish. He’s still holding Sydney’s face against his abs, just waiting for her to “play motorboat” *pffrrrr*……
*jumps behind cover*
BORKDRIVE ACTIVATE!
Just saying, that’s what the caption should’ve read. :p
**Borking Intensifies**
The most important thing, is kenya meets someone taller then her, with similar hair issues!
*sigh* At least 107 comments when I came. A few of them discussin Math. NONE lf them pointing out the major flaw of this page, that admittedly may be corrected next page. But the real question Math’s presence should raise here is this…
What happened, especially to his hair, after Frix’s shake off, essentily spray out. I mean, his is the only standing up before the dog(likesapient)s let the water out. So does his product withstand, did he see it coming and preterhumanly get out of the way or behind/under cover?
I’m betting his product withstands. It’s just a few water droplets.
You’re sure his hair is a result of “product”, and not just some martial arts thing?
I’d bet he’d tell you it’s the latter, regardless of the truth.
*nods* A super Saiyan’s hair cares nothing for a few drops of water.
When I was a kid, (When dinosaurs roamed the Earth.) there was a style like that that was popular. Except that the top was flat, not in points.
It involved applying a wax that would laugh at water. So, yes, I’m pretty sure it withstood the water.
My hairdresser tried to give me one of those once. Fixed hair sucked so much. XD
His ki is strong enough that mere water will not muss his hairstyle.
The image next to the vote button is still on last month’s incentive.
Whoops!
Tiger alert! Keep a look out for a tiger on the loose in your area DaveB!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57068082
America sure gets some weird news stories.
That’s adorable, Yorpie.
*pets*
…have you ever seen the news from Florida, ever? If not, do a search for “Florida Man,” and prepare yourself.
I gotta say, “Florida Man” ought to be a comic title featuring some kind of astonishingly weird insane super.
I live here with “California Man” who is also a notable member of the weirdo-american community, but Florida Man pretty much leaves him standing.
Can confirm.
“California Man” does not get up to anywhere near as much, or as bizarre, shenaniganery as “Florida Man.”
Does try, though.
Well you can’t say it’s boring here.
My best friend in high school, Daniel Frederick Riley “call me Lance” Rushing, Jr., was a Florida Man arrested during a routine traffic stop when the Officer noted, what to him, looked like residue of crystal meth. Lab analysis revealed it to be residue, all right – of Krispy Kreme glazed donuts. (He sued and won a modest cash award.)
You’d think a cop could tell the difference. *ba dum tss*
LOL.
Australia has the venomous animals. America on the other hand…
has one of the only two species of venomous lizard *shared with mexico*,
has eastern and western rattle snakes, water moccassons, cotton mouth, and a few other vipers,
the black widow spider,
Australia has more but that doesn’t mean America has none.
and for the score point *while not venomous but on the dangerous animals* America’s snapping turtles could eat Australia’s snapping turtles.
honestly feel this whole everything in Australia wants to kill you meme is overblown.
Oh, let’s see. We also have the Brown Recluse spider in the US, which is more dangerous than the Black Widow (mostly because more likely to bite on small provocation). In the southeastern US there is the Coral snake, which has a near-instant fatal poison, but thankfully short teeth that can’t penetrate boots. And also its venom-free cousin the King snake, that mimics its coloration. And you’ve left out the entire world of scorpions!
We have several species of scorpions. I don’t know their proper species names but we used to call the ones in our area “little brown scorpions” and “big green scorpions”. The big ones were 2-3 inches long and could make someone sick with a sting – but not usually dangerous. The little brown ones were about a half-inch in size and their venom was more dangerous and painful than their big cousins. On the plus side they couldn’t sting through a decent pair of boots.
But the really nasty thing about the little brown ones was their tendency to swarm if a hiding place were disturbed. So walking was usually safe, but turning over a rock was something we did very carefully.
Also sharks, bears, mountain lions, and farm animals.
Australia has a tree.
I repeat: a tree.
This tree has stingers, that remind me of nothing so much as a jellyfish. The stingers inject – yes, I said inject, as in ‘these ain’t just brambles or thorns’ – a poison similar to that of many spiders, that will not only thoroughly fuck up your nervous system, but cause such excruciating agony, that people have been known to go into cardiac arrest and drop dead, and, finally, assuming you survive, will leave you covered in horrific red-purple scars.
So, yeah.
Australia wins.
And can stay waaaaaaay the fuck over there.
Can I ask the name of this tree?
Purely for research purposes, you understand. Definitely not to plant as a hedge around my secret villainous lair which certainly does not exist on any map ever printed.
You have the Brown Recluse, we have the Funnel Web spider (their fangs are strong enough to punch through boots). We have plenty of other deadly snakes and spiders as well.
For those wondering about that tree:
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2009/06/gympie-gympie-once-stung-never-forgotten/
Well, Gympie-Gympie doesn’t sound appropriately dramatic. XD Even Dendrocnide Moroides is pushing it. I can’t find anything about it causing scarring, but the venom is certainly very painful. I feel weirdly tempted to go touch one on purpose, but then I’ve got a high tolerance for physical pain. XD
You have fun with that.
*opens betting pool*
*bets on the use of the leaves as toilet paper substitute*
*Eagerly makes notes for design of the guest wing*
That’s Australia all over*. Toxic everything, with a cute name to create a false sense of security and/or because they don’t know any different. “What, you mean you have a non-venomous version of that!” Extra points if you say it with a Steve Irwin sense of wonder.
*At least in comic stereotype.
The Gympie-Gympie is nothing to take lightly; I’ve heard of people cutting off fingers in order to escape the pain of having touched one the previous week.
And there is at least a story about an army officer who grabbed some (with a gloved hand) not realizing what it was, wiped his ass with it, and then committed suicide rather than live with what would be several years of constant pain. I don’t know if it’s true, but the fact that Australians consider it to be *credible* says volumes about the Gympie-Gympie.
It was an officer during military training in World War 2. It was recounted by a ex-serviceman that was there around the same time who also fell victim to the plant.
One of the scientists that studied the Stinging Gypmie, got stung so much she developed an allergic reaction to it.
One of the most insidious thing about this plant is that the head of stinging hairs get lodged into the skin and continue to release the toxins which is why the pain last for so long. If they are not removed within a couple of days the skin can grow around it meaning that it stay there for months if not years after the initial contact.
Oddly, Florida can one-up that tree (altho I think the tree is mostly native to South America) The manchineel tree.
It’s so poisonous that warning signs are put under it warning not to shelter under the tree in the rain, as WATER DRIPPING OFF THE LEAVES will cause your skin to blister from the trace amounts picked up by the rain.
Ingestion can produce severe gastroenteritis with bleeding, shock, and bacterial superinfection, as well as the potential for airway compromise due to edema.
When ingested, the fruit is reportedly “pleasantly sweet” at first, with a subsequent “strange peppery feeling … gradually progress[ing] to a burning, tearing sensation and tightness of the throat.”
THAT is the tree to surround your super-villain lair with.
Everything in Australia wants to kill you.
thin tailed scorpions are deadly, fat tailed scorpions are not. Used to live in the South West as a kid, so that got drilled into my head. Avoided both regardless.
but bears. There are few things on this Earth as horrifying as a bear. The fact popular culture has cuteified them so much is what makes people not think about them. But real bears are a horror show. Grizzly and Polar will actively hunt humans, they will eat you while you are still alive *no suffocation or drowning or crushed skull*, they will even start at the legs and extremities. they have found pieces of bodies and clothing in the woods that look like the body was sat up right and eaten out of their clothes *bears…unless you believe it was forest spirits*, but who needs slender stick people when you have bears.
we also have the worlds only poisonous octopus, the worlds only poisonous bivalve, a 4 foot tall bird that can leap High enough to kill a man on horseback, a spider that will make your flesh rot and dissolve, a bird that will puncture your eyes with vicious accuracy if you walk under it’s tree,a tiny cuddly bear that will leap out of a tree and tear your throat out, an ant that kills more people than the spiders do and a fish and a giant centipede who’s venom will make you wish you were dead (one of these is fake, guess which one)
and kangaroos, camels and wombats that will total your truck when you hit them and leave you in the middle of the bush without food water or mobile phone service
and the people, we were once called the unsolved murder capital of the world, because we have so many abandoned opal mines, so many empty caves and so much bush to hide a body in
and the waves, the heat, the crocs, the rips
……….why do we stay here again?
Didn’t mean to make this look like a contest, just so many people *who never leave the cities or only know their state* act like the US and the rest of North America is this super safe place.
Moose will mess you up, bears, mountain lions, coyotes *depends on where you live on how dangerous they tend to be*, heck a town in Alaska I heard had to cancel Halloween a few years ago because the ice hadn’t formed hard enough for Polar Bears to travel so they were traveling further south which brought them into the town, these are predators that will actively hunt humans and can go in and out of the water both at high speeds.
but yeah, the Cassowary is an awesome bird,, the US doesn’t have any bird that deadly..the closest things would be Geese and Swans…mean things and could mess you up, but a hell of a lot easier to get away from than a bird that still thinks its a dinosaur with the power to back it up.
Yep, Mother Nature is an uncaring, harsh mistress… she does not really need protecting. :P
In a very strange way, American Weirdos are part of how Tigers are surviving now.
There are more Tigers living as “domesticated” pets in the US than there are remaining in the wild.
Think about that for a minute. I know everyplace has weirdos, but few have purified and refined weird the way America has.
*waits for tigers to become an invasive species in North America*
the Greater Tiger Beaver, known for its striped coat, seen floating menacingly towards you from the direction of a dam made of human bones…
Tiger already like water.
So…yeah.
random extra here but this reminded me of this: there is a mythical hero from Eastern half of North America who was said to have fought and made safe for humans many dangerous creatures in ancient times, of these were squirrels (said to have been the size of wolves but he shrank them down, yet they kept there temperament), and another was the beaver which was gigantic and would eat people.
Yeah, us Americans are extremely weird. I’m not sure where American weirdness ends and global weirdness begins, though. Does anyone know what else is exclusively American weirdness? I think I can firmly add fixation with skintight bodysuits to this list.
Or not so skin tight, for that matter…I remember one Boy Scout sailing trip where I wore a diving bodysuit under my regular swimming trunks and shirt. I figured covering up more had to be less sexy, right? Nope. Some of the worst sexual harassment I’ve ever had in my life on that trip.
I doubt the Usaians are that much more weird than the average human on Earth. They are however very good at making money from their weirdness which can make them seem more weird than they are.
I’m sorry, someone at some point likely asked this, but: what happens if someone intersects Sydney’s shield while she activates it? I thought of this guy shaking and Sydney activating her shield to contain the spray – then I thought of this guy likely being taller than the usual height of her shield, then I thought of the shield automatically growing to accommodate that height, then I thought of one of the others inadvertently being in the path of the new shell, then … In a sufficiently crowded environment, it’d be difficult to conform a sphere that did not intersect someone.
The shield appears to do something to avoid anything sticking in it; otherwise Sydney would be unable to aware around a parking lot with it up. As for how it works: a wizard did it!
I know it’s been asked before, but I don’t remember it being conclusively answered. However, it’s clear that the shield is aware of her surroundings, given that it doesn’t carve holes out of the ground when she uses it while standing. The size is certainly variable, and she’s been shown to toggle it using a control on the orb, but it very neatly seems to distinguish between containing just her, and containing the people around her that she wants it to contain, when she uses it to ferry or shield other people. I don’t think there’s been any discussion in-comic of there being any risk of damaging anyone or anything with the shield that way, and that seems like the sort of thing Sydney would think of, so my best guess would be they discussed and tested it off-page, and determined that there’s no risk.
Squirrels are reasonably sized twitchy and easy to recognize. that’s why squirrels. movement tends to draw our attention and that is why some scientist believe that ADHD is a leftover trait from the Hunter-Gatherer part.
As a member of an aquatic species, Frix would probably have a layer of fat or similar such insulation between the skin and muscle layer to keep his body temperature regulated. We can just pretend as ALIEN FAT, the rules are slightly different and it’s squishy enough to bury Sidney’s face in.
I have seen otters get their fur matted up but then smooth it down, it is really thick and dense and traps air and heat.
Can We Talk About Panel #8?
I think this is the first time i have seen Anvil be scared of anything coming at at her.
And of all things its incoming dog shake water about to impact her band new “7-hours in the chair” braids
(sure its only 45 seconds because friend with superspeed but she didnt always have a superspeed friend that can do black hair)
But after seeing john Olivers bit on Black hair. i understand why.
Solid objects either don’t have enough energy to worry about, or she can absorb that energy and not worry about it. Liquid droplets don’t carry a lot of energy, but they’ll soak in rather than drop away after they hit.
Panel 7 strongly implies this wasn’t a 45-second job. Max’s line is what she’d say if this were her first time seeing Kenya with her hair like that.
Wait a minute! Continuity/art error!
This is an old version of Sydney’s Skill Tree – in panels 4, 9 and 10, you can see there are only two dots in the central pie-chart, instead of three. (Sydney got two skill points at once after the final alien kaiju fight, one more than she needed for the warp drive. She put the leftover point in the middle, at the time.
Not a big deal, admittedly, but DaveB ought to know for future Skill Tree drawing.
people wanna talk about maxima dodging the water
but she should have blocked it from hitting Anvil’s Hair
And so ‘the list’ returns!